Collier v. Cuculo

This bill in equity was brought to enjoin the respondent, as treasurer of the town of North Providence, hereinafter referred to as the town, from making any expenditure of public funds of said town for the purchase of land for use as a dump pursuant to a resolution of the town council authorizing and directing such expenditure. The cause was heard by a justice of the superior court on the complainant’s prayer for a preliminary injunction, and thereafter a decree was entered denying and dismissing the bill of complaint. From that decree the complainant has prosecuted an appeal to this court.

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